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Take off on breeze here? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

airstrip

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'here?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'take off on breeze' is the wordplay.
'take off' becomes 'strip' (stripping is a kind of taking off).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'breeze' becomes 'air' (synonyms).
'strip' put after 'air' is 'AIRSTRIP'.

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(Other definitions for airstrip that I've seen before include "Simple runway" , "From which you might take off" , "Land here" , "Small flying field" , "Small landing area" .)

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